After the battle with E571 Squad and witnessing the strength displayed by the Aerial Knights under Luo Zhen's command, Misora, Lekti, and Riko finally understood what they truly lacked as a squad.
"Just like you said, all we used to care about was becoming stronger on our own and achieving our individual ideals. We never thought about how we're a squad, or how we're supposed to fight together. Simply making ourselves stronger is meaningless."
Misora wore an extremely serious expression.
"The head of the Aerial Combat Mage Department told us the same thing. Humanity's greatest strength is its ability to unite. When humanity survived the Demon Scarabs and retreated into the sky, it was because the Pope's family led humanity in joining together. Even the Arknarok-class at least understands how to act as a group. If we keep holding each other back, then achieving our dreams will be impossible."
After thoroughly understanding this point, Misora, Lekti, and Riko decided to change.
"I... I'll definitely work very hard to help everyone!" Lekti could not hide her nervousness, but she still pleaded desperately with Luo Zhen. "S... So please teach us!"
That timid Lekti had rarely demanded something so forcefully.
"Even if I'm perfect, if I were the only perfect person in the entire world, it would be rather lonely." Riko still held her head high, but she expressed her own determination as well. "Since that's the case, becoming stronger alongside these people and making them more perfect sounds quite good."
What she meant was that Riko was also willing to work hard together with Misora and Lekti.
After this matter, the three of them finally began to stand as one.
The seeds of reliance and trust had finally taken root and begun to sprout between the three girls.
That was why